IPA Podcast

Anna Bateson, CEO of Guardian Media Group joins the IPA Effectiveness Files to talk about her role as the caretaker of an iconic media brand, The Guardian's proposition for advertisers, and what the future holds.

Luke Boase, Founder of Lucky Saint joins The Effectiveness Files with Laurence Green to talk about building a beer, a business and a brand. They explore the origins of the company, the secrets to Lucky Saint's marketing success and the role that advertising plays.

In a special episode of the IPA On Podcast, IPA President Josh Krichefski is joined by Avelon Thompson, Head of DEI at EssenceMediacom and Ewen MacPherson Group Chief People Officer at Havas UK. Together, they explore what companies can do to support the wellbeing of their employees, how EssenceMediacom and Havas' policies are benefiting their staff and Josh's agenda as IPA President to encourage all agencies to put their People First. For more advice and resources, visit the IPA Adland Wellbeing Lab at ipa.co.uk/PeopleFirst

In this episode of The Effectiveness Files, IPA Director of Effectiveness Laurence Green is joined by Chris Sherwood, Chief Executive of the RSPCA. Together they explore the RSCPA's first rebrand in 50 years, the strategy behind it and the challenges they faced along the way.

In this debut episode of The Effectiveness Files, IPA Director of Effectiveness Laurence Green is joined by Douglas Lamont, CEO at Tony’s Chocolonely. They explore the history of Tony’s (and Tony), the importance of creativity in an impact business and how the brand has grown without relying on traditional advertising.

In this episode of IPA New Business Diaries, Ellie Olliff, New Business Director at BBH is joined by Chris Kemp, CEO of The Ingenuity Group, including The Future Factory, Reg&Co and Ingenuity. Ellie and Chris explore winning in new business, what clients actually want from agencies and the different ways they can stand out.

Michael Brown, Managing Partner, Head of Insight & Research, UK & EMEA, UM Worldwide and Danielle St James, Chief Executive of Not A Phase join the IPA Talent & Diversity Conference 2024 to explore trans representation, why it is important and what advertisers and media can do.

Nishma Patel Robb, Former Senior Director, Marketing, Google UK and President, WACL and HAT hosts a conversation with Charles Parkinson and Ashley Samuels-Mckenzie, Co-Hosts of How I Became Podcast at the IPA Talent & Diversity Conference. In this session, Nishma, Charles and Ashley explore what they've learned from interviewing business leaders, and how we can all apply the key lessons to our own careers.

Daniele Fiandaca, Founder, Token Man Consulting and Barbara Jeffery, Co-Leader of Employee Health, McKinsey & Company Health Institute and Partner, McKinsey & Company sit down at the IPA Talent & Diversity Conference 2024 to explore wellbeing in the workplace, what the stats say about it and what we can do to improve it.

Harjot Singh, Global Chief Strategy Officer at McCann Worldgroup chairs a panel at the IPA Talent & Diversity Conference 2024 exploring partnerships and progressive portrayals. Harjot is joined by Pranay Chandra, Head of Whiskey, Diageo, Sara Denby, Head of the Unstereotype Alliance Secretariat, UN Women UK and Sabrina Godden-Tuma, Global Creative Director, Vodafone.

In this episode of the IPA New Business Diaries podcast, M&C Saatchi's Christi Tronetti is joined by Kristy McCready, former Global Director of PR, Media & Marketing Services at Walgreens Boots Alliance and HomeServe Director of Marketing Communications. They explore a marketer's perspective on pitching, agency new business, relationships with procurement, and more.

McCann London CEO, Polly McMorrow, and Communications Director Clementine Cuthbertson join the IPA On... Podcast to discuss female leadership and gender equality at C-Suite level. They explore Polly's drive to build a culture of fearlessness, and how that leads to a culture in which creativity can thrive. They also delve into the Gender Pain Gap, by discussing McCann’s ‘See my Pain’ campaign with Nurofen, which stemmed from the fact that 1 in 2 women feel their pain was dismissed.

David Adamson, Deputy Head of Strategy at The&Partnership, and Russ Groombridge, Vice President Data Analytics at RAPP, join the IPA On... podcast to discuss workplace communities and employee resource groups (ERGs), their importance and the impact that they can have internally and within the work itself. David founded WPP Unite, the company's LGBTQ+ community which has helped create the 50th anniversary campaign for Pride in London and produced research into LGBTQ+ marketing and its future. Russ helped start the parent and carers ERG at RAPP, and was a key driving force in drastically extending parental leave at the agency.

A discussion between Serhat Ekinci and Simone Marquis, where they invite us to reflect on the value we place on bringing up children, and how this is mirrored in parental leave. They honestly discuss their own experiences of parental leave and the impact it has had on bonding with their children, and their work, as well as the need for greater transparency of people in positions of power taking parental leave, for it to be encouraged and normalised for everyone.

Why is authentic representation in media and advertising so important? In a special live recording of the IPA On... podcast, Yelena Gaufman, Strategy Partner at Fold7, Laura Pirkis, Head of Strategy at FCB London and Jessica Tamsedge, UK CEO at Dentsu Creative explore all.

What is the IPA iList and what is it like as a nominee and as a judge? UM London's Michael Brown joins the IPA On... podcast to talk about his experience being named on the inaugural iList in 2020, judging in 2022 and why you should nominate yourself or anyone you know striving to make adland a better place for 2024. Nominations are open until January: ipa.co.uk/ilist

At EffWorks Global 2023, IPA President Josh Krichefksi hosts a debate on AI – is it a brand builder or a brand destroyer? Arguing that AI builds brands are Simon Carr, Chief Strategy Officer at Hearts & Science and Ben Edwards, Strategy Director, the7stars. Taking the stance that AI has the potential to destroy brands we have Marcos Angelides, Chief Strategy and Innovation Officer at Spark Foundry and Anna Legros, Strategy Directo at Ogilvy.

BBH's Karen Martin discusses the new IPA publication ‘Econometrics & the C-Suite’ with Ross Farquhar, Marketing Director of Little Moons, and David Grainger, Media strategist and author of the publication at EffWorks Global 2023.

At EffWorks Global 2023, Unilever's Pawan Kumar Marella, WARC's David Tiltman and The Goat Agency's Nilam Atodaria discuss the predicted growth in retail media advertising spend, and the challenge and opportunity this presents brands and agencies.

Godfathers of effectiveness Les Binet and Peter Field talk to Alison Hoad, CSO at Publicis Poke at EffWorks Global 2023 about the seminal publication 'The Long and the Short of it' ten years on.